Lea+-+Rachel

HI! I am Rachel Sabey, unlike many chinese i have a large family. I have two parents a mom and dad five brothers but no sisters.My Dad is a lawyer, he does health care law: health care in china and america is very different. My mom is the chinese teacher in theis class, she loves china and the chineese people, because of her I have been to china twice. My oldest brothers name is Brian he is 22 years old he loves sports, literature, and music. Brian Has been to China four times and lived in Taiwan for two years, he is fluent in mandarin Chinese. My mom and him talk in Chinese all of the time. My next oldest brother is David, he also loves sports and music, he plays the piano and sings he plays all sports, he hates math just like me. Josh is the third child he is really good at sports (soccer and track and basketball etc...) and writting. He hates being held back in his thinking. Matt is the brother barely older than me, he plays tennis, sings, swims, he likes math and history. Then I come. I am 15 years old I sing, and ballroom dance. I have so much passion for dancing I wish I could do it all of the time. I love good writting and I love to write, I also like reading good books. My little brother is Daniel but we all call him Cubby. He has a ton of athletic talent and loves doing things with his older brothers. He is insanely good at math. He is ahead of me in it and is three grades younger than me.

A story about me as a child

I was exsillerated, frightened for but also dreeding our trip to the mountains... For a typical family a trip to the mountains would be driving to the mountains and either staying in their car, a trailer, or being really risky and staying in a tent. But my family is not typical, a trip to the mountains includes hours of preperation and to much freeze dried food. We drove fare from society into a forrest of trees and aching feet. We arrived after a long hard day,all I wanted to do was crash but I was cold and soar and... sleeping on the ground. After much pain and suffering we had made it, I was exsausted and had no bed. By the end of the trip I got a much greater appritiation for mountains and the idea that beauty can always be found but sometimes you have to work for it.

For Christmas I am going to a cabin in Idaho, Island park. In this cabin in the winter there is always about 4 to ten feet of snow! In Idaho we snowmobill and build snow forts, and snow sculptures, and drink hot chocolate and apple cider. I love christmas! I am getting my di di basketball shoes and some other sports stuff, for my four older brothers I am getting shirts. I am getting my Dad socks and I can't tell you what I got my Mom because she is going to read this. I want Jeans from Details Botique and a sweater from abercrombie. I love having a christmas tree and decorations! In Idaho we are going to cut down a tree and then make decorations and decorate it! My little cousins are going to be there with us! They are so so adorable and fun to be with, they still believe in santa so that'll be awsome! They love having me do their hair and make up What do you do for Christmas?

I am going to try to write a little about my life in chinese, Please feel free to correct! I am sorry my chinese is very bad. 我爱我的 家庭也爱圣诞节